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Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Harry Houdini. Say his name and a number of things come to mind. Escapes. Illusions. Magic. Chains. Safes. Live burials. Close to a century after his death, nearly every person in America knows his name from a young age, capturing their imaginations with his death-defying stunts and daring acts. He inspired countless people, from all walks of life, to find something magical within themselves. This is a book about a man and his extraordinary life,...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Before escape artist Harry Houdini died, he vowed he would find a way to speak to his beloved wife Bess from beyond the grave using a coded message known only to the two of them. When a widowed Bess begins seeing this code in seemingly impossible places, it becomes clear that Harry has an urgent message to convey. Unlocking the puzzle will set Bess on a course back through the pairs extraordinary romance, which swept the illusionist and his bride...
Author
Series
Audacity Jones volume 2
Formats
Description
Audacity Jones and her best friend, Bimmy, are on their way to New York City, with Cypher, who is now a detective in the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and their assignment involves Harry Houdini and the illusion he is planning--and it will take all of Audie's skills, and the help of her clever cat Min, to prevent the performance from being sabotaged.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.
8) Houdini
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Before David Blaine and David Copperfield, there was one man whose name was synonymous with being the master of illusion and escape - Harry Houdini. It follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions...
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2010
Formats
Description
After an illusionist on stage saws into his assistant, Harry Houdini's wife hires Molly Murphy to be part investigator/part bodyguard and uncover whether NYC's masters of illusion are simply up to their tricks or if there truly is something much more treacherous going on.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
From his impoverished childhood to his feat of becoming one of the most successful entertainers of all time, this fascinating biography presents a memorable portrait of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Guidelines for 21 fun magic tricks are also provided, including how to stick a needle into a balloon without popping it, how to step through a note card, and how to make a coin vanish. Illustrating the science and logic behind many of Houdini's...
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
436 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Description
In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural...
14) Escape artist
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
8 CDs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The summer of 1904 is a troubling one for the future bestselling author Edna Ferber, who is a fledgling reporter for the town newspaper--an occupation that her family considers scandalous. Even the newsroom has become a hostile environment, with the city editor determined to undermine her. At least she gets to interview the famous escape artist Harry Houdini, who is in town visiting friends. And when a high school girl disappears and is found murdered--baffling...
Author
Series
Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
431 pages; 23 cm
Description
In 1889, the ship Etruria departs Liverpool, England, for New York carrying Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her crime-solving partner, Thomas, a famous escape artist, and a cold-blooded killer.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
210 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.
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